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Global warming: are we responsible? Is our environmental impact damaging the planet?
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This course includes
Hours of videos
9 hours, 39 minutes
Units & Quizzes
30
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Certificate of Completion
This course, Working with our environment: an introduction, examines the use of ozone-depleting technology, the impact of fossil fuel use and explores how the development of technology can influence the direction of a society. From the Industrial Revolution to the present day, find out how we have changed the planet.
Course learning outcomes
After studying this course, you should be able to:
- Demonstrate an awareness of different ways in which our use of technology can affect the environment
- Demonstrate a set of skills in reading and interpreting texts and diagrams containing some technical descriptions.
Course Currilcum
- Introduction 00:05:00
- Learning outcomes 00:05:00
- Introductory advice 00:20:00
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- Environment and technology 00:15:00
- We are part of nature 00:40:00
- The Industrial Revolution and its environmental impacts 00:20:00
- Changing environmental attitudes 00:20:00
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- Refrigeration and chlorofluorocarbons 00:15:00
- The agreement to protect the ozone layer 00:45:00
- Greenfreeze: the Greens fight back 00:15:00
- Domestic appliances and fossil fuels 00:10:00
- The US experience: wasteful innovation? 00:15:00
- The UK experience: competing trends 00:45:00
- Discussion 00:10:00
- Global climate change 00:40:00
- Global climate change continued 00:30:00
- The path to prevention 00:15:00
- The hierarchy of human needs 00:15:00
- Sustainable development 00:15:00
- Technology and environment 00:05:00
- The dual nature of technology 00:20:00
- A broad view of technology 00:07:00
- Problems and solutions 00:10:00
- Environmental limits 00:07:00
- Complexity 00:10:00
- Conclusion 00:10:00
